Somerville Museum, History Lines Project of Somerville + Medford
Collaborative Photographing with Eli Land Tourlentes, Summer 2024
Winthrop House Marker, Along the Mystic River, Somerville MAJohn Sacamore leader of Wonohaquaham tribe burial site, Medford MAPomps Wall, African American community, Medford MA https://www.medfordhistorical.org/medford-history/africa-to-medford/slave-contributions/Rum invented in the West Indies 17th Century. American Colonies like Medford began making Rum in 1715. Triangular Slave Trade of Rum and Molasses: https://www.medfordhistorical.org/collections/slave-trade-letters/Rock Hill: Lookout site of Nanepashemit and the Nipmuc tribesJohn Sacamore leader of Wonohaquaham tribe burial site, Medford MA
Look out for the British, view from Prospect Hill Tower. Home to the first flag. Banner raised here by George Washington New Years Day 1776.Left: ‘Mr. Prince Hall born in Barbados (1735-1807) arrived in Medford Boston 1765. And early Civil Rights activist, Hall was a tireless champion of education and the abolition of slavery’. ‘Mr. Hall was one of the few Blacks to fight the Battle of Bunker Hill,’ Medford Historical Society website. Right: Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) American abolitionist, women’s right activist and Native American Rights Activist at times she shocked her audiences connecting male dominance and white supremacy. Ms. Child wrote the song ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’ WikipediaMystic River, Medford MACovered Mural, Post Office, Medford MA August 2024
